"Firstly I would like to apologise to all the Arsenal fans for not speaking sooner about my future but I have not known what I was going to do until this moment.. I cannot deny that joining a club like Barcelona was not an attractive move for me.. This was the club where I learnt my football, it is my home town where my friends and family are and a club where I have always dreamed of playing.. There are not many players in this world who would not want to play for Barcelona.."

"I have had many conversations with Arsène Wenger both in person and over the phone over the last few months and although the content of those conversations will remain private, the conclusion is that Barcelona have had two formal offers rejected by Arsenal.. I am a professional and I fully understand that it is Arsenal's prerogative not to sell me.."

"I owe a lot to the Club, manager and the fans and I will respect their decision and will now concentrate on the new season ahead with Arsenal.. I can assure all the fans that now the negotiations have ended I will be 100 percent focused on playing for Arsenal.. I am an Arsenal player and as soon as I step out on to the pitch, that is the only club I will be thinking about.. I am looking forward to the start of the season and putting this speculation behind me.."

"When I was at the World Cup I met so.in South Africa and the first thing I heard was ‘don't let Fabregas go'.. That means it is a huge lift for everybody who loves the Club.. The situation is as it is.. But Cesc has come out today to clear the air.. It was very important for us that Cesc did that clearly and that we can move on from now.. We are one week away from the start of the season so just we want to be focused and settled now.."

"Still players fight for their place.. Tomorrow Fabianski has another opportunity to show that he can play No 1.. Wojciech is a goalkeeper of huge quality.. At the moment we want to play for the title so I believe he needs some more experience to compete directly for the first goalkeeper position.. But it depends a little bit. We have four goalkeepers, one of them will go out on loan, three have to stay so we do not know yet who will go out.. Adios!!